Principal Staff Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Austin, TX, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Define enterprise engineering strategies, architectures, design methodologies, standards, governance, and technology roadmaps.
• Guide development teams in the detailed design of systems, subsystems, subassemblies, critical parts, firmware, and software.
• Lead cross-functional efforts across electrical, mechanical, systems, software, manufacturing, integration and test, quality, and program teams.
• Identify and resolve complex technical challenges, operational friction, production yield issues, and post-delivery anomalies.
• Evaluate simulations, qualification testing, system interactions, engineering risks, and design performance to improve product reliability and mission success.
• Advise executive leadership and provide post-production and in-orbit customer support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 15–19 years of related experience, or master's degree with 12–17 years of related experience in electrical, electronics, computer, or related engineering.
• Extensive experience defining enterprise-level hardware development and fabrication strategies.
• Expertise in signal integrity, EMI/EMC, hardware integration, qualification testing, system interfaces, multidisciplinary integration, and emerging engineering technologies.
• Proficiency with electronic design automation, circuit simulation, and analysis tools such as Altium Designer, OrCAD, LTspice, or MATLAB.
• Experience with engineering analysis, configuration management, and collaboration tools such as Windchill, Git, or Jira.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous, cross-functional engineering environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Work focused on rapid prototyping, continuous improvement, product reliability, manufacturability, and innovation.